FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2011                     

CONTACT: Tracy Withrow, 703-295-6326, twithrow@asce.org

Reston, Va.—Ten promising civil engineering college students have been recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) through its first annual New Faces of Civil Engineering – College Edition. These students are being recognized for achieving the highest standards as college civil engineering students, whose [...]

As is customary, the arrival of Winter calls for a report to the membership on the state of the Section, planned activities and long range goals.   

The Iowa Section is alive and well, with right at 900 members, two Younger Member Groups and three Student Chapters.   Our annual technical conferences are seeing an uptick in attendance [...]

George S. Constantinescu, Ph.D., M.ASCE has won the 2011 Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize. The Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize recognizes a paper that is judged to be of superior merit in dealing with a problem of flowing water, either in theory or in practice. The award will be presented at the 2011 World Environmental [...]

The Iowa Section of ASCE awards three $1,500 scholarships each year to student chapter members attending either the University of Iowa or Iowa State University.  Two $1,500 scholarships are awarded to juniors or seniors at Iowa State University and 1 to juniors or seniors at the  University of Iowa, based upon their academic standing, career [...]

River Run Garbage Grab-2010

Your Central Iowa ASCE Younger Member Group is putting a team together again this year to help cleanup the Des Moines River and trail system. The cleanup consists of several miles of the Des Moines river and adjacent trails/land. Although this is a task worthy of an army, we will commit to [...]



The DNR dam safety staff and a national trainer will present tips to maintain and protect newer and aging dams from structural failure at an all-day workshop May 20 in Atlantic.

Designed for the owners and operators of larger dams, the workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the [...]

Young engineer enthusiasm, meaningful involvement, and growth are the keys to ASCE’s future.  As a means of fostering individual Younger Member participation in Society activities, the ASCE Committee on Younger Members (CYM) has developed a program to help Sections and Branches recognize those employers who encourage their Young engineers to get involved in ASCE activities.  [...]

Registration is now available for the annual Environmental and Water Resources Conference.    The conference will be held in Ames on March 25, 2010.

Download the brochure and registration: ASCE E&WR Brochure 2010

There has been much discussion about the Governor’s plan to divert Road Use Tax (RUT) Funds from their intended purpose of building and repairing our roadways and into the Iowa State Patrol coffers.

The Iowa and Quad Cities Sections sent out a letter to the governor to demostrate our opposition to this diversion of funds. Click [...]

The Iowa Section is a local chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

We have technical committees for the following five disciplines:

Environmental and Water Resources
Geotechnical
Highways and Transportation
Structural
Surveying and [...]